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SPECIAL  REGULATIONS  NO.  74 


DUTIES  OF 


Ordnance  Officers 


1918 


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SPECIAL  REGULATIONS  NO.  74. 


WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

Washington,  April  30,  1918. 
The  following  regulations  governing  the  duties  of  cliief  ord- 
nance oflBcers  of  armies,  chief  ordnance  officers  of  army  corps, 
division  ordnance  officers,  and  commanding  officers  of  ordnance 
depots  are  published  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all 
concerned. 

These  regulations  supersede  General  Orders,  No.  56,  War  De- 
partment, 1917. 

[062.12,  A.  G.  O.] 
By  okdeb  of  the  Seceetaby  of  Wab  : 

PEYTON  G.  MARGH, 
Major  General,  Acting  Chief  of  Staff. 
Official  : 

H.  P.  McGAIN, 

The  Adjutant  Geiieral. 

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TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


Paragraphs. 
Section     I.  Duties  of  chief  ordnance  officers  of  armies 
and  army  corps,  division  ordnance  officers, 
and  ordnance  officers  at  ports  of  embarka- 
tion       1-8 

II.  Establisliment   of   ordnance   depots   in   time 

of  war 9-11 

III.  Commanding  officers  of  field  ordnance  depots-  12-21 

IV.  Commanding  officers  of  general  supply  ord- 

nance depots 22-23 

V.  General  provisions  concerning  ordnance  prop- 
erty in  time  of  war 24-31 

VI.  References 32-33 

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DUTIES  OF  ORDNANCE  OFFICERS. 


'■  Section  I. 

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DUTIES  OF  CHIEF  ORDNANCE  OFFICERS  OF  ARMIES 
AND  ARMY  CORPS,  DIVISION  ORDNANCE  OFFICERS. 
AND  ORDNANCE  OFFICERS  AT  PORTS  OF  EMBARKA- 
TION. 

Paragraph. 

General  duties  of  chief  ordnance  officers 1 

Reports  as  to  needs  of  the  troops — 2 

Duties  of  division  ordnance  officer 3 

Duties   of  ordnance   officer   in   case   of  a   division   operating  sepa- 
rately    4 

Clerical   assistance    and   office    supplies,    division    ordnance    officer, 

control  of  mobile  ordnance  repair  shops_l -. 5 

Duties  of  chief  ordnance  officer  of  an  array  corps- 6 

Duties  of  chief  ordnance  officer  of  an  army _ 7 

Status  and  duties  of  ordnance  officer  at  a  port  of  embarkation 8 

1.  General  duties  of  chief  ordnance  officers.7~Thei  genei-al 
duties  of  chief  ordnance  officers  in  time  of  war  are  to  make 
sucli  arrangements  for  the  organization  of  the  ordnance  service 
as  will  insure  the  prompt  and  economical  supply  of  all  the 
ordnance  material  necessary  for  the  efficient  execution  of  the 
plans  of  the  commander  of  the  troops.  Orders  of  a  general 
nature  will  usually  be  given  chief  ordnance  officers  by  the 
commander.  It  remains  their  duty  to  provide  the  means  for 
the  efficient  execution  of  the  orders  and  to  supply  such  details 
as  are  necessary. 

2.  Reports  as  to  needs  of  the  troops. — A  chief  ordnance 
officer  of  an  army  or  army  corps,  or  a  division  ordnance  officer 
when  the  division  is  acting  separately,  will  report  as  often  as 
may  be  necessary  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  through  military 
channels,  as  to  the  present  and  probable  future  needs  of  the 
troops.  He  will  also  make  such  suggestions  for  the  improve- 
ment of  the  efficiency  of  the  ordnance  stores  or  the  ordnance 
service  as  require  the  action  of  higher  authority.  oiiJ //  j,-;::;^.: 

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8  DVCIFS  OF  ORDNANCE  OFFICERS. 

3.  Baties  of  division  ordnance  officer. — The  division  ord- 
nance oificer  will  keep  himself  informed  at  all  times  as  to  the 
state  of  the  supply  of  ammunition  in  the  hands  of  the  troops, 
and  when  the  division  is  a  part  of  a  larger  force  he  will  be 
prepared  to  furnish  this  information  to  higher  authority  on 
demand.  He  will  also  give  prompt  information  as  to  the  present 
and  probable  future  needs  of  his  division.  He  will,  as  the  ord- 
nance representative  of  the  division  commander,  see  that  all 
proper  requisitions  for  ordnance  material  are  either  promptly 
filled  from  stores  under  his  control  or  promptly  transmitted  to 
higher  authority,  as  the  case  may  demand.  He  will  see  that 
all  ordnance  equipment  in  his  division  is  maintained  in  a  high 
state  of  efficiency  and  Will  make  such  recommendations  to  the 
commanding  officer  of  the  division  as  may  be  necessary  to  insure 
this  result. 

4.  Duties  of  ordnance  officer  in  case  of  a  division  operating 
separately. — In  the  case  of  a  division  operating  separately,  the 
ordnance  officer  will  exercise  supervision  over  the  entire  ord- 
nance service  of  the  division,  including  that  of  the  line  of  com- 
munications. He  should  keep  himself  informed  as  to  the  plans 
and  intentions  of  the  commander  to  the  end  that  the  required 
supplies  of  ordnance  material  may  be  on  hand  at  the  proper 
time  and  place. 

6.  Clerical  assistance  and  office  supplies,  division  ord- 
nance officer;  control  of  mobile  ordnance  repair  shops. — 
The  division  ordnance  officer  will  be  supplied  with  the  necessary 
personnel  bj''  the  division  commander.  In  view  of  the  fact  that 
the  division  ordnance  officer  is  a  member  of  the  tactical  staff, 
the  office  supplies  should  be  secured  from  the  division  quarter- 
master. There  will  be  under  his  control  the  mobile  ordnance 
repair  shops  with  the  equipment  and  personnel  necessary  for 
such  repairs  to  field  artillery,  personal  equipment,  and  small 
arms  as  may  be  made  in  the  field. 

6.  Duties  of  chief  ordnance  officer  of  an  army  corps. — The 
duties  of  a  chief  ordnance  officer  of  an  army  corps  are  similar 
to  those  of  a  division  ordnance  -officer,  but  are  larger  in  scope. 
The  Field  Service  Regulations  (see  par.  357,  F.  S.  R.,  1914)  pre- 
scribe that  a  base  and  a  line  of  comnninications  shall  be  estab- 
lished for  each  important  force  about  to  engage  in  field  opera- 
tions. The  chief  ordnance  officer  of  an  army  corps,  therefore, 
exercises  supervision  over  the  ordnance  service  in  the  zone  of  the 
advance  while  that  of  the  line  of  communications  is  looked  after 


DUTIES  OF  ORDNANCE  OFFICERS.  7 

by  the  ordnance  officer  assigned  that  duty.  The  chief  ordnance 
officer  of  an  army  corps,  subject  to  the  orders  of  the  corps  com- 
mander, exercises  general  supervision  over  the  division  ordnance 
officers  and  commanders  of  ordnance  depots  pertaining  to  the 
army  corps. 

7.  Duties  of  chief  ordnance  officer  of  an  army. — The  duties 
of  the  chief  ordnance  officer  of  an  army  are  similar  to  those  of  a 
chief  ordnance  officer  of  an  army  corps,  differing  only  in  scope 
and  degree.  He  exercises  a  general  supervision  over  the  ord- 
nance service  of  the  army  through  the  chief  ordnance  officers 
of  the  army  corps,  and,  keeping  himself  informed  as  to  the 
plans  and  intentions  of  the  commander,  transmits  the  necessary 
instructions  to  these  chief  ordnance  officers. 

8.  Status  and  duties  of  ordnance  officer  at  a  port  of  em- 
barkation.— An  ordnance  officer  at  a  port  of  embarkation  will 
be  a  staff  officer  on  the  staff  of  the  commander  of  the  port. 
His  duties  will  be  to  make  necessary  arrangements  for  handling 
shipments  of  ordnance  material  from  depots  consigned  to  forces 
overseas  through  the  port  and  in  general  to  coordinate  the 
work  of  the  Ordnance  Department  with  that  of  the  Embarka- 
tion Service.  He  should  keep  himself  informed  as  to  the  plans 
and  intentions  of  the  commander  of  the  port  and  make  such 
reports  as  may  be  necessary  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  through 
military  channels  as  will  best  serve  to  facilitate  the  proper 
handling  of  ordnance  material  through  the  port  He  will  be 
prepared  at  all  times  to  furnish  the  commanding  officer  of  the 
port  with  such  information  in  regard  to  the  plans  of  the  Ord- 
nance Department  as  may  be  required. 


Section  II. 

ESTABLISHMENT  OF  ORDNANCE   DEPOTS  IN  TIME   OF 

AVAR. 

Paragraph. 

Field    ordnance   depots 9 

Ordnance  depots  and  subdepors  during  operations  in  tlie  field 10 

General  supply  ordnance  depots 11 

9.  Field  ordnance  depots. — Upon  the  outbreak  of  war  or 
when  war  is  imminent  field  ordnance  depots  will  be  established 
at  or  near  camps  of  concentration  in  which  the  forces  of  the 
United  States  are  collected.  Field  ordnance  depots  will  also  be 
established  at  or  near  camps  at  ports  of  embarkation  and  in 
the  zone  of  the  line  of  communications. 

10.  Ordnance  depots  and  subdepots  during  operations  in 
tlie  field. — ^AVhen  an  army,  army  corps,  division,  or  separate 
brigade  is  operating  in  the  field  in  time  of  war,  an  ordnance 
depot  will  be  established  at  the  base  of  operations  and  sub- 
depots  will  be  established  at  such  ix)ints  along  the  lines  of 
communications  and  elsewhere  as  circumstances  may  require. 

11.  General  supply  ordnance  depots. — In  addition  to  the 
present  authorized  method  of  establishing  ordnance  and  camp 
supply  depots  and  receiving,  storing,  and  issuing  supplies  there- 
from, the  Chief  of  Ordnance  will  establish  general  supply 
depots  for  the  receipt,  storage,  and  issue  of  ordnance  material 
at  such  points  as  may  be  necessary.  Said  depots  and  the  re- 
ceipt, storage,  and  issue  of  supplies  shall  be  exempt  from  the 
control  of  department  and  division  commanders. 

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Section  IIL 

COMMANDING  OFFICERS  OF  FIELD  ORDNANCE 
DEPOTS. 

Paragraph. 

Bow    designated 1^ 

Status  under  certain  conditions 13 

Duties  in  case  of  depot  being  at  a  camp  of  concentration  or  port 

of  embarkation 14 

Status  of  depot  commander  under  preceding  paragrapli ;   camp 

depots 15 

Duties  in  case  of  depot  being  on  the  line  of  communications 16 

Duties  in  case  of  depot  being  independent  of  the  line  of  com- 
munications   « • —  17 

Office   personnel   and   supplies 18 

Office  and  storehouse  space  and  personnel ;  supplies  for  troops —  19 

Instructions  concerning  certain  duties 20 

Captured  and  abandoned  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores 21 

12.  How  designated. — The  commanding  officers  of  field  ord- 
nance depots  will  be  designated  in  War  Department  orders. 

13.  Status  under  certain  conditions.^-When  several  depots 
ure  established  on  the  line  of  communications,  the  commanding 
officers  thereof  are  assistants  to  the  chief  ordnance  officer,  who 
Is  on  the  staff  of  the  commander  of  the  line  of  communications. 
When  ordnance  depots  are  established  independently  of  the  line 
of  communications  for  the  purpose  of  serving  an  army,  army 
corps,  or  separate  division  directly,  the  commanding  officers 
thereof  are  assistants  to  the  chief  ordnance  officer,  who  is  on  the 
staff  of  the  commander  of  the  troops. 

14.  Duties  in  case  of  depot  being  at  a  camp  of  concentra- 
tion or  port  of  embarkation. — The  duties  of  the  commanding 
officer  of  a  field  ordnance  depot  at  a  camp  of  concentration  or 
at  a  camp  at  a  port  of  embarkation  comprise  all  necessary  pro- 
visions for  the  supply  and  issue  of  all  arms,  ammunition,  and 
equipment  required  to  equip  new  troops  concentrated  at  the 
camp,  to  supply  any  deficiencies  in  the  equipment  of  mobile 
forces  in  the  vicinity,  and  for  the  maintenance  of  ordnance  stores 
in  the  hands  of  troops  at  as  high  a  level  of  efficiency  as  circum- 
stances will  permit. 

15.  Status  of  depot  commander  under  preceding  para- 
graph; camp  depots. — The  commanding  officer  of  such  a  depot 

56413°— 18 2  9 


10  DTJTIES  OF  ORDNANCE  OFFICERS. 

will  report  direct  to  and  be  under  the  supervision  of  the  Chief  of 
Ordnance,  if  in  the  United  States,  or  the  commanding  officer  of 
such  general  supply  depot  as  he  may  direct.  Camp  depots  will 
be  under  the  direction  of  division  or  camp  commanders  for  €lis- 
cipline,  protection,  and  coordination  of  supply  within  their  divi- 
sions or  camps.  Organizations  will  requisition  supplies  from 
their  own  camp  depots. 

16.  Duties  in  case  of  depot  being  on  the  line  of  commnnica- 
tions. — The  duties  of  the  commanding  officer  of  an  ordnance 
depot  on  the  line  of  communications  comprise  the  necessary 
provisions  for  the  prompt  supply  of  arms,  ammunition,  and  equip- 
ment to  depots  or  subdepots  in  his  front  or  to  division  trains  as 
may  be  required.  He  will  also  make  such  provisions  for  the 
cleaning,  preserving,  and  repairing  of  ordnance  material  in  the 
hands  of  troops  in  the  field  as  may  be  practicable. 

17.  Duties  in  case  of  depot  being  independent  of  the  line 
of  communications. — The  duties  of  the  commanding  officer  of 
an  ordnance  depot  independent  of  the  line  of  communications 
comprise  the  necessary  provisions  for  the  prompt  supply  of  arms, 
ammunition,  and  equipment  to  the  troops  whom  he  is  serving, 
and  for  the  cleaning,  preserving,  and  repairing  of  ordnance  ma- 
terial in  the  hands  of  the  troops  so  far  as  is  practicable. 

18.  Office  personnel  and  supplies. — For  the  proper  perform- 
ance of  the  duties  with  which  the  commanding  officer  of  an 
ordnance  depot  is  charged,  he  will  be  supplied  with  the  necessary 
assistants,  tools,  and  supplies,  comprising — 

(a)  An  office  force  and  detachment  consisting  of  ordnance 
sergeants  and  other  enlisted  men  of  ordnance  as 
prescribed  in  the  Tables  of  Organization. 
(6)  Office  and  storehouse  supplies, 
(c)  Reserve  ordnance  and  ordnance  supplies. 
When  an  ordnance  depot  is  established  for  a  larger  force  or 
on  the  line  of  communications,  the  personnel  and  supplies  of 
various  kinds  will  be  varied  to  suit  the  circumstances  of  the 
case.    Depots  of  this  kind  may  be  formed  by  a  consolidation  of 
two  or  more  division  depots. 

19.  Office  and  storehouse  space  and  personnel ;  supplies  for 
troops. — The  commanding  officer  of  a  depot  should  make  ar- 
rangement for  the  necessary  office  and  storehouse  space,  calling 
upon  the  Quartermaster  Corps  for  the  erection  of  temporary 
buildings  if  other  space  is  not  available.  He  will  organize  his 
office  and  storehouse  force  and  provide  for  a  repair  shop  as 


COMMANDING  OFFICERS  OF  FIELD  ORDNANCE  DEPOTS.    11 

promptly  as  practicable,  so  as  to  be  in  readiness  to  fill  all 
proper  requisitions  from  troops  and  make  ordinary  repairs  to 
ordnance  material  that  can  not  be  repaired  by  the  troops.  For 
the  execution  of  the  necessary  work  of  repairing  ordnance 
material  he  will  utilize  the  services  of  the  ordnance  detail  at- 
tached to  his  depot,  as  authorized  in  the  tables  of  organization. 
He  will,  by  timely  requisition,  keep  on  hand  a  sufficient  stock 
of  stores  to  properly  supply  the  troops  authorized  to  requisition 
from  his  depot.  He  will  ascertain,  if  practicable,  the  plans  and 
intentions  of  the  War  Department  and  of  the  commander  of  the 
camp  with  reference  to  the  troops  with  whose  supply  he  is 
charged,  to  the  end  that  he  may  supply  in  advance  arms,  am- 
munition, and  supplies  required  for  the  execution  of  the  plans. 

20.  Instructions  concerning  certain  duties. — An  officer  hav- 
ing been  appointed  as  commanding  officer  of  an  ordnance  depot 
on  the  line  of  communications  or  of  a  depot  established  inde- 
pendently of  the  line  of  communications  should,  immediately 
after  reporting  at  the  designated  place,  ascertain  the  wishes  of 
the  chief  ordnance  officer  concerned  as  to  the  location  of  the 
depot.  The  latter  officer  is  presumed  to  have  informed  himself 
already  of  the  wishes  of  the  commander  of  the  line  of  com- 
munications, or  of  the  troops,  as  to  the  location  of  the  depot. 
In  the  case  of  a  base  depot  a  large  margin  of  room  for  expansion 
should  be  allowed.  The  commanding  officer  of  the  depot  will 
then  proceed  to  make  his  arrangements,  under  the  direction  of 
the  chief  ordnance  officer  concerned,  as  prescribed  for  the  com- 
manding officer  of  an  ordnance  depot  at  a  camp  of  concentra- 
tion. It  is  not  to  be  expected,  however,  that  this  commanding 
officer  of  an  ordnance  depot  on  the  line  of  communications,  or 
serving  troops  directly,  will  be  required  to  make  heavy  issues 
of  field  and  siege  artillery  material,  arms,  and  equipment.  His 
heaviest  issues  will  be  ammunition  for  mobile  artillery  and  for 
small  arms. 

The  commanding  officer  of  the  depot  should  be  informed 
through  the  chief  ordnance  officer  concerned  as  to  the  plans  and 
intentions  of  the  commander  of  the  troops  whom  he  is  serving, 
so  that  he  may  provide  in  advance  the  ordnance  material 
required  for  the  execution  of  the  plans. 

21.  Captured  and  abandoned  ordnance  and  ordnance 
stores. — The  commanding  officer  of  an  ordnance  depot  will  re- 
ceive and  account  for  all  captured  and  abandoned  ordnance  and 
ordnance  stores.  In  case  this  material  can  be  utilized  by  the 
troops  he  will  issue  it  on  receiving  instructions  to  that  effect. 


Section  IV. 

COMMANDING    OFFICERS    OF    GENERAL    SUPPLY    ORD- 
NANCE  DEPOTS. 

Paragraph. 

Duties;   depot   personnel 22 

Distribution  and  issue  of  ordnance  material 23 

22.  Duties;  depot  personnel. — The  duties  of  a  commanding 
officer  of  a  general  supply  ordnance  depot  comprise  all  the  necess- 
sary  provision  for  the  receipt,  storage,  preservation,  protection, 
and  issue  of  the  ordnance  material  handled  through  the  depot. 
The  commanding  officer  of  the  depot,  if  located  in  the  United 
States,  will  report  direct  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  and  be  re- 
sponsible directly  to  him  on  all  matters  concerning  the  operation 
of  his  depot.  He  will  be  supplied  with  the  necessary  personnel 
officers,  enlisted  men,  and  civilians  as  may  be  necessary  for  the 
proper  operation  of  his  depot.  He  will  also  be  supplied  with  all 
necessary  office  furniture,  equipment,  and  supplies  as  may  be 
necessary  for  the  proper  handling  of  his  stores. 

23.  Distribution  and  issue  of  ordnance  material. — The 
Chief  of  Ordnance  will  distribute  ordnance  material  to  ordnance 
depots  in  the  United  States  from  manufacturers,  arsenals,  or 
other  depots.  Issues  of  ordnance  material  from  these  depots 
will  be  made  by  direction  of  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  or  on  direct 
requisition  from  camp  depots  which  the  supply  depot  has  been 
designated  to  supply. 

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Section  V. 

GENERAL  PROVISIONS  CONCERNING  ORDNANCE  PROP- 
ERTY IN  TIME  OF  WAR. 

Paragraph. 

Authority  for  issues  to  troops  in  the  theater  of  active  operations —  24 

Responsibility  and  accountability  for  property 25 

Mobile  ordnance  repair  shops 2fi 

Requisitions  for  property  for  troops  in  the  field 27 

Requisitions  for  property  for  troops  in  active  operations  against 

an  enemy 28 

Transfers  of  condemned  unserviceable  ordnance  property 29 

Procedure  in  case  of  property  captured  from  an  enemy 30 

Procedure  in  case  of  property  lost  in  an  engagement 31 

24.  Authority  for  issues  to  troops  in  the  theater  of  active 
operations. — In  time  of  war  issues  may  be  made  to  troops  in 
the  service  of  the  United  States  in  the  theater  of  active  opera- 
tions on  the  order  of  any  general  or  field  officer  commanding  an 
army,  garrison,  or  detachment,  or  of  a  chief  ordnance  officer  of 
an  army,  army  corps,  or  of  a  division  ordnance  officer. 

25.  BesponsiMIity  and  accountability  for  property.— When 
troops  are  operating  in  the  field  the  principal  reserves  of  am- 
munition and  other  ordnance  property,  which  is  for  issue  to  the 
several  commands  under  the  direction  of  army  corps  and  divi- 
sion commanders,  will  be  under  the  control  of  the  chief  ordnance 
officers  of  the  army  corps  and  of  the  division  ordnance  officers 
and  in  charge  of  the  depot  ordnance  officers.  The  latter  will  be 
responsible  and  accountable  for  property  in  their  charge.  Chief 
ordnance  officers  of  an  army  corps,  division  ordnance  officers, 
and  ordnance  officers  on  the  staff  of  commanders  of  ports  of 
embarkation  have  no  property  accountability,  as  a  rule,  their 
duties  being  purely  administrative  and  advisory. 

26.  Mobile  ordnance  repair  shops. — The  mobile  ordnance 
repair  shops  are  attached  to  the  ammunition  train  of  the  divi- 
sion for  administrative  purposes  only.  They  are  under  the 
orders  of  the  division  commander,  but  will  normally  be  con- 
trolled by  the  division  ordnance  officer.  These  mobile  shops  are 
composed  of  automobile  trucks  fitted  up  with  light  machines 

13 


14  DUTIES  OF  ORDNANCE  OFFICERS. 

and  tools  and  with  spare  parts  suitable  for  repairing  field 
artillery  material,  small  arms,  and  personal  equipment  for  the 
purpose  of  making  such  repairs  as  can  not  be  made  in  the  sev- 
eral batteries,  troops,  or  companies.  The  personnel  of  the  mo- 
bile ordnance  repair  shops  include  officers  and  enlisted  men 
especially  trained  in  repair  work. 

27.  Eequisitions  for  property  for  troops  in  the  field. — 
When  troops  are  in  the  field  in  time  of  war,  requisitions  for 
such  articles  of  ordnance  property  as  may  be  needed  by  the 
unit  supply  officers  will  be  made,  through  immediate  commanders, 
on  the  ordnance  officer  of  the  division,  expedition,  etc.,  con- 
cerned, who  will  make  arrangements  for  making  the  appro- 
priate issues  from  an  ordnance  depot  or  train.  If  the  immediate 
commanders  have  reserve  or  surplus  ordnance  stores  under 
their  charge,  they  will  provide  for  making  the  authorized  issues 
as  far  as  practicable,  and  they  will  report  on  the  requisitions 
the  quantities  so  issued. 

28.  Eequisitions  for  property  for  troops  in  actiye  oper- 
ations against  an  enemy. — When  troops  are  engaged  in  active 
operations  against  an  enemy,  requisitions  may  be  submitted 
orally  to  the  ordnance  officer  whose  facilities  for  making  prompt 
issues  are  the  greatest.  In  such  cases  the  requiring  officer  will, 
whenever  practicable,  submit  his  requisition  in  the  form  of  an 
invoice  and  receipt,  each  in  duplicate,  covering  transfer  of  the 
articles  desired,  thus  providing  for  a  more  expeditious  issue  of 
the  property. 

29.  Transfers  of  condemned  unserviceable  ordnance  prop- 
erty.— ^When  troops  are  operating  in  the  field  in  time  of  war 
transfers  of  unserviceable  ordnance  property  which  has  been 
condemned  and  ordered  turned  in  to  a  depot  will  generally  be 
made  to  the  nearest  ordnance  depot. 

30.  Procedure  in  case  of  property  captured  from  an 
enemy. — ^When  military  stores  similar  to  those  supplied  by  the 
Ordnance  Department  have  been  captured  from  an  enemy  or 
found  upon  being  abandoned  by  him,  the  officer  securing  the 
property  will  report  the  facts  to  the  chief  ordnance  officer  of 
the  division,  expedition,  etc.,  concerned,  who  will  make  arrange- 
ments for  turning  the  property  in  to  the  nearest  ordnance  depot, 
unless  it  can  be  used  in  operations  against  the  enemy.  The 
officer  securing  the  property  will  furnish  a  brief  report  of  the 
capture  or  finding,  together  w^ith  a  list  of  the  stores,  in  order 
that  the  circumstances  of  the  capture  or  finding  may  be  made 


GENERAL  PROVISIONS  IN  TIME  OF  WAR.  16 

a  part  of  the  record  of  the  property.  This  property  is  required 
to  be  accounted  for,  and  the  report  and  list  of  stores  will  con- 
stitute a  voucher  requiring  the  receiving  officer  to  account  for 
the  property.  The  voucher  is  required  to  accompany  the  return 
to  which  it  pertains. 

31.  Procedure  in  case  of  property  lost  in  an  engagement. — 
When  ordnance  property  has  been  lost  in  an  engagement  the 
responsible  officer  will  furnish  the  accountable  officer,  as  a 
voucher  authorizing  him  to  drop  the  articles  from  his  return, 
an  affidavit,  giving  the  date,  place,  and  the  circumstances  under 
which  the  loss  occurred.  When  the  loss  did  not  come  under 
the  observation  of  the  responsible  officer,  an  affidavit  to  the 
same  effect  will  be  furnished  by  an  officer  or  noncommissioned 
officer  cognizant  of  the  facts. 


Section  VI. 

REFERENCES. 

Paragraph. 

Regulations  and  orders 3'j 

Blank  forms  and  pamphlets 38 

32.  Eegulations  and  orders. — In  addition  to  tlie  contents  of 
tliese  regulations  chief  ordnance  officers  and  tlie  commanding 
officers  of  ordnance  depots  should  familiarize  themselves  par- 
ticularly with  the  following: 
National  Guard — Special  Regulations  No.  55,  1917. 
Advertising  and  Printing— Article  XLIX,  A.  R.,  1913. 
Purchase  of  Supplies  and  Engagement  of  Services — Article  h^ 

A.  R.,  1913.     (Par.  521  changed  by  C.  A.  R.  No.  59,  1917.) 
Bonds  of  Disbursing  Officers,  Bidders,  and  Contractors — Arti- 
cle LI,  A.  R.,  1913.     (Par.  569  changed  by  C.  A.  R.  No.  58, 

1917.) 
Money  Accountability— Article  LII,  A.  R.,  1913.     (Par.  Q30 

changed  by  C.  A.  R.  60,  1917.) 
Public   Property   Accountability— Article   LIII,    A.   R.,   1913. 

(Pars.  661,  678,  681-A  to  681-P,  and  694,  changed  by  C.  A,  R. 

56  and  C.  A.  R.  65,1917.) 
Surveys   of   Property— Article  LV,  A.   R.,   1913.      (Par.   717 

changed  by  C.  A.  R.  68,  1918 ;  par.  721  changed  by  C.  A.  R. 

57,  1917.) 
Civilian   Employees— Article   LVI,    A.   R.,   1913.      (Par.   733 

changed  by  C.  A.  R.  59,  C.  A.  R.  60,  and  C.  A.  R.  66.) 
Stafe  Administration— Article  LVII,  A.  R.,  1913. 
Military  Correspondence — Article  LX,  A.  R.,  1913. 
Ordnance  Department— Article  LXXVI,  A.  R.,  1913.      (Par. 

1512^  changed  by  C.  A.  R.  59, 1917.) 
Tables  of  Organization. 

Organization,  Part  I,  Field  Service  Regulations  1914  and  Ad- 
ministration,   Part    III,    Field    Service    Regulations    1914. 

(These  Regulations  have  been  corrected  to  Apr.  15,  1917.) 
Paragi-aphs  27,  28,  32,  76,  77— Ordnance  Regulations  1907. 
Purchase  of  Supplies  and  Engagement  of  Services — Article 

VIII,  Ordnance  Regulations  1907. 
Money    Accountability — Article    IX,    Ordnance    Regulations 

1907. 
Public  Property — Article  X,  Ordnance  Regulations  1907. 

16 


REFERENCES.  17 

Civilian  Employees — Article  XI,  Ordnance  Regulations  1907. 
Ordnance   Orders   relating  to   Financial   Matters — Ordnance 

Office  General  Orders,  No.  7,  1917. 
Particular  attention  is  directed  to  paragraph  208,  Title  II, 
Ordnance  Office  General  Orders,  No.  7, 1917,  entitled  "  Purchases 
in  the  Field,"  which  states : 

When  disbursing  officers  of  the  Ordnance  Department  are 
serving  in  the  field  the  appropriations  applicable  for  the 
payment  of  expenditures  incurred  by  them  are  "  Ordnance 
Service "   and  "  Ordnance  Stores  and   Supplies."     All  ex- 
penditures incurred  in  connection  with  receiving  and  issu- 
ing ordnance  and  ordnance  stores  and  for  office  duties,  such 
as  the  services  of  clerks  and  storekeepers,  storehouse  sup- 
plies, etc.,  are  chargeable  to  the  appropriation  "  Ordnance 
Service,"  and  all  expenditures  incurred  in  connection  with 
overhauling,  repairing,  and  preserving  ordnance  and  ord- 
nance stores,  such  as  the  services  of  armorers,  mechanics, 
and  supplies  required  for  the  work,  are  chargeable  to  the 
appropriation  "  Ordnance  Stores  and  Supplies."     The  hire 
of  offices  and  storehouses,  including  heating,  lighting,  and 
furnishing,  is  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Quartermaster's 
Department. 
33.  Blank  forms  and  pamphlets. — Chief  ordnance  officers 
and    commanding    officers    of    ordnance    depots    should    also 
familiarize  themselves  with  the  use  of  the  blank  forms  and 
the  contents  of  the  pamphlets  listed  in  the  general  order  of  the 
Ordnance  Department  prescribing  the  composition  of  ordnance 
depots. 


INDEX. 


A. 

Paragraph. 

Arms  and  ammunition,  supply  and  issue 3, 14, 16, 17, 19,  20 

B. 

Blank  forms,  references 33 

Buildings,  erection  of  temporary , 19 

C. 

■>iiOv»::J   JO   ;y. 

Camp  supply  depots,  establishment __________^^_  11 

Camp  depots,  supervision  of 15 

Camps   of   instruction,   establishment   of   field   ordnance 

depots  at 9 

Captured  or  abandoned  military  stores,  procedure  in  case 

of : 30 

Chief  ordnance  officers : 
Duties- 
General 1 

Pertaining  to  an  army ^^-r-r.—  2,  7 

Pertaining  to  an  army  corps ^a^^^^i}  2,  6 

Reports  as  to  needs  of  the  troops 2 

Supply  of  ordnance  material 1 

Clerical  assistance  and  office  supplies 5, 18, 19 

Commanding  officers,  field  ordnance  depots : 

Captured    and    abandoned    ordnance    and    ordnance 

stores 21 

Duties 14, 16, 17, 19-21 

How  designated . 12 

Instructions  concerning  certain  .duties : 20 

Office  and  storehouse  space . 19 

Office  personnel  and  supplies 18 

Status 13, 15 

Supplies  for  troops 19 

Temporary  buildings 19 

19 


20  INDEX. 

Paragraph. 

Commanding  officers,  general  supply  ordnance  depots: 

Duties 22 

Personnel 22 

Condemned  unserviceable  ordnance  property,  transfer 29 


Department  commanders,  general  supply  depots  exempt 

from  control  of 11 

Depot  ordnance  officers,  responsibility  and  accountability 

for  ordnance  property 25 

Distribution  and  issue  of  ordnance  material 23 

Division  commanders,  general  supply  depots  exempt  from 

control    of 11 

Division  ordnance  officers : 

Clerical   assistance 5 

Control  of  mobile  ordnance  repair  shops 5, 26 

Duties : 2-4 

Divisions  operating  separately 2,4 

Office   supplies 5 

Reports  as  to  needs  of  the  troops 2 

Divisions  operating  separately,  duties  of  ordnance  officer_  2,  4 

Duties: 

Chief  ordnance  officers i_. — 1,  2,  6,  7 

Commanding  officers,  field  ordnance  depots-  14, 16, 17, 19-21 

Commanding  officers,  general  supply  ordnance  depots-  22 

Division  ordnance  officers . 2-4 

Ordnance  officers  at  ports  of  embarkation— — . : 8 

E.  .  iqiSri 

Equipment,  ordnance,  maintaining  efficiency  of ?«i+fffti«ntuor^ 

F. 
Field  ordnance  depots : 

Captured    and    abandoned    ordnance    and    ordnance 

stores 21 

Commanding  officers,  how  designated 12 

^•t     Consolidation  of  division  depots 18 

^'^  ■   Duties  of  commanding  officers 14,16,17,19-21 

Establishment  of,  in  time  of  war 9 

Location 20 


INDEX.  21 

Paragraph. 

Field  ordnance  depots — Continued. 

Office  and  storehouse  space 19 

Supplies  for  troops 19 

Temporary   buildings 19 

,  .  G. 

General  supply  ordnance  depots: 
Commanding  officers — 

Duties 22 

Personnel 22 

Establishment 11 

Exempt  from  control  of  department  and  division  com- 
manders   11 

I. 

Issues  of  ordnance  property: 

From  ordnance  depots 23 

To  troops  in  the  theater  of  active  operations 24 

L. 

Line  of  communications: 

Duties  of  commanding  officer  of  ordnance  depot  on —  16 

Establishment  of  field  ordnance  depots  in  zone  of —  9, 10 

Supervision 4,  6 

Lost  ordnance  property,  procedure  in  case  of 31 

M. 

Military  stores,  procedure  in  case  of  captured  or  aban- 
doned          30 

Mobile  ordnance  repair  shops: 

Control  of . 5,  26 

Personnel 26 

O. 

Office  personnel  and  supplies: 

Commanding  officers  of  ordnance  depots 18, 19 

Division  ordnance  officer 5 

Orders,  references 32 


22  INDEX. 

Paragraph. 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  captured  and  abandoned 21 

Ordnance  depots,  establishment  of,  in  time  of  war 9, 10 

Ordnance  officers  at  ports  of  embarkation,   status  and 

duties 8 

Ordnance  property: 

Consigned  to  forces  overseas 8 

Distribution 23 

Issues,  liow  made 23,  24 

Issues  of  reserve  or  surplus 27 

Maintaining  efficiency  of ' 2,3 

Procedure  in  case  of — 

Captured  or  abandoned 30 

Lost  in  an  engagement 31 

Repair  of 19 

Requisitions 3,  27,  28 

Responsibility  and  accountability  for 25 

Storage,  etc.,  general  supply  ordnance  depots 11,  22 

Transfers  of  condemned  unserviceable 29 

P. 

Pamphlets,  references 33 

Personnel,  office: 

Commanding  officers  of  ordnance  depots 18,19 

Division  ordnance  officer 5 

Ports  of  embarli;ation : 

Establishment  of  field  ordnance  depots 9 

Handling  of  ordnance  material 8 

Status  and  duties  of  ordnance  officers  at 8 

Property.    See  Ordnance  property. 

R. 

References : 

Regulations,  orders,  blank  forms,  and  pamphlets 32,  33 

Regulations  and  orders,  references 32 

Repair  shops : 

At  field  ordnance  depots 19 

Mobile  ordnance,  control  of . 5,  26 

Requisitions  for  ordnance  property — • 3, 19,  27,  28 

Reserve  or  surplus  ordnance  stores,  issue 27 

S. 

Storehouse  space  and  personnel  at  ordnance  depots 19 

Stores.    /See  Military  stores ;  Ordnance  property. 


INDEX.  23 

Paragraph. 
Supplies,  office: 

Commanding  officers  of  ordnance  depots 18, 19 

Division  ordnance  officer 5 

Supplies  for  troops 10 

Surplus  ordnance  stores,  issue 27 

T. 

Temporary  buildings,  erection 19 

Transfers  of  condemned  unserviceable  ordnance  property-  20 
Troops : 

Authority  for  issues  to,  in  the  theater  of  active  opera- 
tions   24 

Reports  as  to  the  needs  of  the 2 

Requisitions  for  ordnance  property  for 27, 28 

Supplies  for 10 

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